Children at a community health event in Timor Leste, one of the locations where Health Alliance International has maternal-child health programs. Photo credit: Jessica Dyer (MPH '15), George Povey Fellow.

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Biography

Kenneth Sherr, PhD, MPH, is Associate Professor of Global Health at the University of Washington, with adjunct appointments in Epidemiology and Industrial & Systems Engineering, and Director Implementation Science and Mozambique Programs at Health Alliance International. Over the past 20 years, Dr. Sherr has worked in the public and NGO sectors in Mozambique, Uganda, and Bolivia.

Dr. Sherr’s research interests focus on identifying and testing practical solutions to support service integration into the Primary Health Care framework as a means of improving health system efficiency, coverage and quality. Particular areas of emphasis include improving data-driven decision making, expanding human resources for health, and identifying innovative approaches to foreign assistance. In addition, Dr. Sherr has worked extensively in implementing and scaling up HIV prevention (primarily pMTCT), care and treatment services, and has developed and evaluated novel systems engineering approaches to improve HIV service delivery. Dr. Sherr has a PhD in Epidemiology and a MPH in International Health/Health Services from the University of Washington. He also holds a BA in Anthropology and Sociology from Kenyon College.